It’s the time of year when students return to Wolverhampton University. Hordes of freshers will have their first taste of undergraduate life, attending the annual freshers’ week, promoted on banners in Wulfruna Street, and settling in to one of the residential tower blocks, which have sprung up around the city in recent years.

When I first started at university as a mature(ish) student, it didn’t take me long to realise that studying is the easy part. The hard part comes when you try and forge some sort of social and/or work life outside of university.